(upbeat music) - Welcome to Scholastic HI-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville and we have officially made it to the quarter finals.

We have two amazing teams joining us once again.

On the bottom row, we have Carbondale with Theedor, Giifti and Marta.

Now on the top row, we have returning Mater Del with Dakota, Caleigh and Cohen.

We've met our contestants, it's time to go over the rules.

I'll be reading a series of 10 point tossup questions that any contestant can answer.

If a contestant answers to tossup correctly, their team has a chance to answer a bonus question for double the points.

However, if that team gets the bonus question incorrect, the other team can steal it away from them and earn themselves 10 points.

The interruption rule is in effect in today's game.

So if someone is brave enough to interrupt me and they get the answer incorrect, the other team will automatically receive five points and they get to hear the entire question.

We'll have our usual Lightning Round halfway through our game, where I'll be reading a series of questions in any given category that both teams have a chance to answer as many they possibly can in under 60 seconds.

Now that we know the rules and we know our contestants, I think it's time to put on our thinking caps and let's get down to quizness, starting with our first 10 point tossup for both teams.

What NFL team, whose known name defense and coach Don Shula led them to a perfect 1972 season used to play in the Orange Bowl, Cohen.

- The Miami Dolphins.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Mater Del, here's your first bonus question.

The autobiography of Malcolm X was co-written by Malcolm X and what author who wrote about his own enslaved ancestors in the novel, "Roots?"

- Oh, oh.

- Hailey.

- Yeah.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

Temple One is an example of what objects studied by the deep impact in Rosetta probes, whose parts include a nucleus and a trailing dust tail.

(beeping sound) Caleigh.

- Comets - Comets are correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Mater Del.

What subatomic particles, three of which are found in each proton or neutron, have flavors including bottom, down, and strange.

- Quark.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What author of "All the Pretty Horses" wrote about Ed Tom Bell's investigation into murders committed by Hitman, Anton Chigurh and "No Country for Old Men?"

(beeping sound) Giifti - McCarthy.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your first bonus question.

Pugachev's Rebellion opposed what monarch, who came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III?

- Catherine the Great?

- Catherine the Great.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup question for both teams.

What leader, whose men were attacked on LA Noche Triste captured at Tenochtitlan, excuse me, (beeping sound) In 1521, Giifti.

- Cortes.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

What German author wrote about Gustav Van Ashenbach, an elderly writer who obsesses over a Polish youth in the 1912 novella, "Death in Venice?"

- Thomas Mann.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Let's move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What quantity found in the denominator of the formula for a Z-Score is a measure of the spread of, Marta.

- Standard deviation.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

Ribosomes perform what process in which they read messenger RNA sequences to synthesize proteins?

- Transcription maybe.

- Transcription, transition, transition.

It's transcriptions.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Mater Del, you have a chance to steal.

- Translation.

- Translation is correct for 10 points.

- [Caleigh] It's okay.

- We've now made it to our first media question.

This is an audio question.

Let's take a listen.

♪ Bottom dollar that tomorrow ♪ This song is from a musical Decoda - Tomorrow.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Because of the interruption rule, Carbondale you get five points and I'll finish the question.

This song is from a musical that opened in 1977 and is based on a comic strip by Harold Gray.

It spawn numerous productions in various countries and won seven Tony Awards, including best musical.

Name this musical.

(beeping sound) Marta.

- "Annie."

- "Annie's" correct for 10 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What state, whose namesake Dunes are a national park contains most of the Wabash River and is home to the city's, (beeping sound) Theedore - Indiana.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

Travels through Arabia, India, China, Molly and Spain are described in the re law, an account written by what Moroccan Explorer of the 14th century?

- Ibn Battuta, right?

- Yeah.

- Ibn Battuta.

- That's correct for 20 points.

- We're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What Palestinian man, who was recommended for parole in California in 2021, spent over 50 years in prison for the assassination of Robert, Cohen.

- Sirhan Sirhan.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Del, here's your next bonus question.

What Russian composer of "Carpaccio Espanol" and "Shaherazad," excuse me, also wrote the fast interlude "Flight of the Bumblebee?"

- Rachmaninoff.

- Rachmaninoff, (beeping sound) - [Jordan] Sorry that is incorrect.

Carbondale, you have a chance to steal.

- Rimsky-Korsakov.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Moving on our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What dynasty, which fought the Trung Sisters in Vietnam was founded by Liu Bang succeeded the Chin Dynasty and names the majority Chinese ethnicity?

Giifti - Han Dynasty.

- That's correct for 10 points.

So you're gonna have the next bonus question Carbondale.

What 2019 viral hit song by rapper Arizona Zervas, shares its title with a song by The Police that asserts, you don't have to put on the red light?

- Roxanne.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What force, one form of which is the drag, exerted by a fluid has a kinetic form proportional to the normal force and slows down sliding objects?

(beeping sound) Marta.

- Friction.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carbondale.

What term refers to a rectangular formation of ancient soldiers armed with spears or similar weapons, which was commonly used by Greek hoplites.

- What do you mean by rectangular formation?

I don't know this.

(inaudible) Zulu formation.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Mater Del, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Phalanx.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Let's move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What company which created the Starlink satellite constellation in the Falcon heavy launch vehicle is an aerospace company founded by Elon Musk?

(beeping sound) Dakota.

- SpaceX.

- That's correct for 10 point.

Mater Del, your next bonus question.

What scale on which four is a moderate breeze infers wind speed from observed conditions?

- I don't know.

(inaudible) - No answer.

- All right, Carbondale you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Wind scale.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

The answer we looking for was the Bower scale.

It's okay 'cause we've now made it to our next media question.

And this one's a still question.

Let's take a look.

(beeping sound) Giifty.

- [Giifty] Billy Eilish.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What man who won the 1844 presidential race demanded land in Oregon with the slogan, "5440 or fight?"

Dakota.

- James K. Polk.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Del, here's your next bonus question.

What John Steinbeck novel uses the Trask Family to retell the story of Cain and Abel?

- East of Eden.

- East of Eden.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What man who spearheaded the 2020 album songs of comfort and hope and founded the arts organization's Silk Road is a Chinese American cello virtuoso?

(Beeping sound) Giifty.

- Yo Yo Ma.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

After the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair Congress passed, what 1807 law that banned Americans from trading with any foreign nation?

- Embargo Act.

- Yeah, probably.

- The Embargo Act.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Onto our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What author who wrote about Jean Marie Latour in "Death Comes for the Archbishop," (beep sound) Giifti.

- Cather.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carbondale.

What US city is home to such historically black universities as Spelman College and Morehouse College.

- I think this is like, it's in Pennsylvania.

So it's probably Philadelphia, - Philadelphia?

- Yeah, Philadelphia.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Mater Del, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Boston.

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Atlanta, Georgia.

- That's stupid.

- Let's on our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What food, which has a cream filled variety called burrata, is traditionally made from- (beep sound) Giifti - Mozzarella.

- That's correct for 10 point.

(Giifti laughs joyfuly) - Put your next bonus question, Carbondale.

In 2021, Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali ended at Kenya's Olympic Gold medal strip in what event in which runners jump over barriers and water pits?

- Steeplechase.

- Yeah, you say it.

- Steeplechase.

- That's correct for 20 points.

- Moving onto to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What battle happened three weeks after The Battle of Stanford Bridge as shown on the Bayuex Tapestry?

(beeping sound) Giifti.

- Battle of Hastings.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next 20 point bonus question.

This is a math question.

So get those pencils and paper ready.

The natural logarithm of the quantity two E is equal to what integer, plus the natural logarithm of two?

- One.

- Okay.

- One.

- That's correct for 20 points.

- It's now time for our next media question.

This one is a video question.

Let's take a look.

- This CW show is based on DC comics and follows presumed dead billionaire, Oliver Queen as he returns home from to Starlings City to save it from criminals.

The series helped launch other CW hero shows such as The Flash and DC Legends of Tomorrow.

Name the show.

(beeping sound) Cohen.

- Archer.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

(beeping sound) Marta.

- Arrow.

- Arrow is correct for 10 points.

Let's move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

This is another math question.

So get those pencils and paper ready.

How many diagonals can be drawn from each vertex of a regular hexagon given diagonals cannot be drawn to adjacent vertices?

(beeping sound) Caleigh - Three.

- Three is correct for 10 points.

Mater Del, here's your next bonus question?

- What Czech born British author wrote the plays, the "Real Inspector Hound" and "Rosen Krantz and Guildetern Are Dead?"

- Stoppad.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry.

- Stoppad.

- Stoppad is correct for 20 points.

And we have made it halfway through our game.

So that means it's time for our annual Lightning Round.

(thunder sounds) Alrighty, Mater Del, we're gonna gonna let you choose your Lightning Round category first.

We have four choices for you to choose from.

Choose the one that sounds the most interesting to you.

- Wow.

- Your categories are obsolete science, mythological objects, ends in 'ush', fictional geography.

- Mythological objects.

- Mythological objects it is.

In this Lightning Round, I need you to provide me which Greek god or goddess is most often depicted with these objects.

If you don't know the answer we can pass and go back if time allows, if you get an answer incorrect, we cannot go back.

Mater Del, are you ready for your Lightning Round?

All right, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your Lightning Round begins in three, two, one.

A thunderbolt.

- Zeus.

- [Jordan] Correct, a trident like a sun Triton.

- Poseidon.

- [Jordan] Correct, a spear and a chariot he used in war.

- Ares.

- [Jordan] Correct, a dove and a scallop shell.

- Aphrodite.

- [Jordan] Correct.

An owl and the eegee's or shield she wore.

- Athena.

- [Jordan] Sorry, - Athena.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Winged sandals and a- - Hermes.

- [Jordan] Correct.

A sickle or sky he used to castrate Uranus.

- Cronus.

- [Jordan] Correct.

A liar and the Python he killed.

- Apollo.

- [Jordan] Correct.

A wreath of ivy and a grapevine.

- Dionysis - [Jordan] Correct.

A bow and a quiver of gold and lead tip arrows.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] That's the last question.

I'll repeat it again.

A bow and a quiver of gold and lead tip arrows.

- Artemis.

- Sorry that is incorrect.

And that is the end of your Lightning Round.

Overall, nine out of 10 questions correct.

Great job.

A bow and a quiver of gold and lead tip arrows was Eros.

But now it is time Carbondale for your Lightning Round.

And I have three categories remaining for you.

You can answer questions about obsolete science, ends and 'ush' or fictional geography.

- You wanna go with fictional geography (inaudible).

- Fictional geography.

- Yeah, fictional geography.

- Fictional geography.

In this Lightning Round, given a fictional country or region and the medium, name the work in which it first appeared.

Same rules apply.

You can pass if you don't know the answer, we'll go back up time allows.

If you get the answer wrong, we cannot go back.

Carbondale, are you ready for your Lightning Round?

- Yes.

- 60 seconds on the clock.

Your Lightning Round begins in three, two, one.

Neverland, a play.

- "Peter Pan".

- "Peter Pan".

- [Jordan] Correct.

Lilliput, a book.

- "Gulliver's Travels."

- [Jordan] Correct.

Pam Am, a book.

- (inaudible).

- [Jordan] Correct.

"Hyrule," a video game series.

- (inaudible).

- [Jordan] That's correct.

- Nice.

- Republic of Gilead, a book.

- "The Handmaid's Tale."

- [Jordan] Sorry.

- "The Handmaid's Tale."

- [Jordan] Correct.

Sodor, a book or TV series.

- "Thomas the Tank."

- [Jordan] Correct, Oceania and East Asia, a book.

- Yeah, "1984."

- [Jordan] Correct.

Liberty City, a video game series.

- Pass - [Jordan] The Mountains of ignorance where the gelatinous giant lives, a book.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] The Pacific States of America, which were created by Phillip K Dick, a book.

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Well, as long as you pass, Liberty City, a video game series.

- "Halo," I guess that one.

- Sorry that's wrong.

The Mountains of ignorance where the gelatinous giant lives, a book.

That is time on your Lightning Round.

Still a great Lightning Round for you guys as well.

We're gonna go over the ones you passed.

Starting with Liberty City a video game series, was "Grand Theft Auto."

The mountains of ignorance where the gelatinous giant lives, a book was the "Phantom Toll Booth."

And the Pacific States of America, which were created by Philip K Dick, a book was "The Man in the High Castle."

Still a great Lightning Round for you guys as well.

But it is now time to go back to our 10 point tossup and bonus question.

Starting with our next tossup for both teams.

What country which follows the Sun Gun Military Policy and the Juchen ideology carried out its sixth nuclear test in 2017, Cohen.

- North Korea.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Del, here's your next bonus question?

The "Freeze of Life" is a series by what Norwegian painter that are known for a painting of a man with an agonized expression?

- Munch.

- That is correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What dramatist wrote about a warrior with a foot wound in silicates and described a plague that punishes thieves for a King's incest and Oedipus Rex?

- Giifti.

- (inaudible).

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carbondale.

What term refers to any atom or group of atoms that has a net positive charge?

- Wait, cation, - Yeah, go with that.

- Cation.

- That's correct for 20 points.

- I forgot about cation.

- Let's move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What present day country won independence at Carabobo is where the Bavarian revolution was declared in 1999 and endured 1989 riots in Caracas?

Cohen.

- Venezuela.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mater Del here's your next bonus question?

A group of five emerging economies, including Russia, China and Brazil are commonly known by what acronym?

- BRICS.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving onto our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

- What programming language invented by Guidea Ven Rosa often uses the variable names, spam and eggs and is name for a British comedy troop?

Dakota.

- C++.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Theeodor - Python.

- Yes.

- That's correct, the 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

Maseru is the capital of what African nation?

One of only three countries in the world to be entirely surrounded by another country.

(inaudible) - Lesotho.

- Nice.

- That's correct for 20 points.

It's time for our next media question.

This is an audio question.

Let's take a listen.

♪ DJ Khalid ♪ We are looking for the artists.

This song was released in 2010 and features different rappers, such as Ludicris and Snoop Dog.

It's from the artist's fourth studio album and the only song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Since then this artist has worked with other new musicians, such as Justin Bieber and Drake.

Name this artist.

Giifti.

- Major Laser.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Cohen.

- Usher.

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer that we were looking for was DJ Khalid.

- Fun.

- It's okay.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What play whose protagonist says, "Nothing will come of nothing," features the Earls of Kent and Gloucester and the three daughters of the title ruler.

Giifti.

- Kinglier.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question.

This is a math question so get your pencils and paper ready?

What is the geometric mean of nine and 49 given that the geometric mean of two numbers is the square root of their product?

- Say it.

Say something or else we can't find out.

- 5.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Mater Den you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

(inaudible chatter) - Just say it.

- Root 441.

- [Jordan] Say it one more time.

- Square root of 441.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

The answer that we were looking for was 21.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What city, which is led by Mayor Tom Barrett is home to the headquarters of Harley Davidson, Marquette University and the NBA's Bucks?

Cohen.

- Milwaukee.

- Milwaukee's correct for 10 points.

Mater Del is your next bonus question.

What man who illustrated the first six installments of Elsa Jo Malone Menarics, "Little Bear" series also wrote the picture book "In the Night Kitchen?"

- No answer.

- All right, Carbondale you do have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Sure, that makes sense.

(inaudible), yeah.

- Eric Carl.

- Sorry, that is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Maurice Sendak.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What quantity, which equals approximately 58.4 for sodium chloride, 180 for glucose.

Kaylee.

- Atomic mass.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

And because of that interruption rule, Carbondale, you get five points and I'll finish the question.

What quantity, which equals approximately 58.4 for sodium chloride, 180 for glucose and 18 for water is often written with units of grams per mole.

Marta.

- Molarity.

- I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was molar mass.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What landmark, where Jean Claude and Christo installed the gates was designed Val Calvert Vox and Frederick Law Ownstead and is a Manhattan park, Giifti.

- Central Park.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your next bonus question?

What leading figure in the Irish war for independence was gunned down in a pro British ambush near the village of Bail Nablou in 1922.

- Oh, wait, wait (inaudible).

I don't know this.

- [Jordan] Right, Mater Del, you have a chance to steal.

- Michael Collins.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Let's move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What fortress, whose key was given to George Washington by the Marqui de Lafayette was destroyed in July, 1789 at the start of the French revolution?

Cohen.

- The Bastille.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question Mater Del.

The 2021 documentary, "Road Runner" controversially used AI technology to reproduce the voice of what chef?

- Julie Child.

- Julie Child.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Carbondale you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Anthony Bourdain.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Anthony Bourdain is correct for 10 points.

It's time for our next media question.

This one is a still question.

Let's take a look.

Giifti.

- Iron.

- Iron is correct for 10 points.

Moving on our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What author wrote about Quentin's search for the runway at Margo in Paper Town and describe Hazel's Battle, Marta.

- John Green.

- Nice.

- John Green's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carbondale.

In what process does a particle collide with its antiparticle causing both to disappear and producing other particles.

- What?

Like collision or something?

- It's a collision.

- Quantum collision.

- [Jordan] That is time.

Mater Del, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Vision.

- Vision is incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was annihilation.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What type of weapon whose first test was code named Trinity works by using conventional explosives, Giifti.

- Like an atomic bomb.

- That's correct, that's correct for 10 points.

Carbondale, here's your bonus question?

What organization whose sixth assessment report from August, 2021 predicts sea level rise is a United Nation's body that studies global warming.

- Is it like the EPA?

No, no, no.

- United Nation Climate Commission.

- Yeah, go with that, go with that.

- Climate Commission.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Mater Del, you have a chance to steal.

- COPO.

- [Jordan] Sorry.

- COPO.

- That is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the IPCC, the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change.

And that sound means it's the end of our game and what a great game it was.

But Carbondale, you guys are our winners, congratulations.

Mater Del, congratulations to you as well.

You guys answered plenty of questions that make you smarter than me.

So good job to you guys.

Thank you for being here.

Carbondale, thank you for being here as well.

And of course thank you all for watching at home.

Make sure to play along at home and we'll see you next time on Scholastic Hi-Q, (upbeat music)